There was good news for the CCC SprandiPolkowice team as they have found their team bikes, which had been stolen earlier this week. Thieves had broken into the team’s truck overnight between Thursday night and Friday morning.
“It happened on a guarded parking lot in front of our hotel in Valkenburg. All 18 bikes and spare wheels were stolen, despite the fact that the truck was equipped with a car alarm and the door was blocked by another team car, parked right in front of it. We don’t know how the burglars managed to go around the security system,” Piotr Wadecki, Directeur Sportif of the team said.
The team had originally planned on bringing their training bikes to the Netherlands, so the riders would still be able to race at Amstel Gold on Sunday.
The team confirmed the news in a tweet which read: “Easter miracle! The stolen bikes were found in an abandoned car! Thank you for your help in spreading the news. We beat the burglars!”
According to De Limburger, the bikes were found by police in a bus parked at the Sibberkerkstraat in Sibbe, a few kilometres away from Valkenburg.
Paul Rybak